{
  "study_id": "O0-STUDY-012",
  "title": "Ship of Theseus in a linear dynamical system — attractor identity persistence under gradual component perturbation",
  "version": "1.0.2",
  "date": "2026-07-26",
  "record_class": "SIMULATION_STUDY",
  "program": "distributed-identity",
  "research_status": "complete",
  "evidence_type": "computational_simulation",
  "replication_status": "internally_unreplicated",
  "physical_validation": "none",
  "biological_validation": "none",
  "exploratory_vs_confirmatory": "confirmatory",
  "top_line_verdict": "PRELIMINARY SUPPORT",
  "prior_versions": [
    {"version": "1.0.0", "metric": "PC1 (leading eigenvector)",   "verdict": "UNSUPPORTED"},
    {"version": "1.0.1", "metric": "ACF cosine, eps=1.00 only",   "verdict": "UNSUPPORTED"},
    {"version": "1.0.2", "metric": "ACF cosine, eps sweep",       "verdict": "PRELIMINARY SUPPORT"}
  ],
  "philosophical_provenance": {
    "record": "# The O-0 Phenomenon- A Unified Framework.md",
    "section": "identity persistence themes",
    "proposition": "Identity can persist across gradual replacement of the components that constitute it.",
    "relationship": "operationalization + phase-transition characterization",
    "disclaimer": "Conceptual provenance is not empirical support. The result concerns a specific linear-Gaussian model class only."
  },
  "files": {
    "record": "scientific_record.md",
    "run_script": "src/run_study.py",
    "summary_json": "results/summary.json",
    "figure": "figures/01_identity_persistence.png"
  }
}